Charades Prompts for Every Room (Kids to Hard Mode)
30 copy-paste charades prompts sorted by difficulty, each with an acting hint so the round actually moves. Easy words for family night, movie titles everyone knows, and hard-mode phrases for groups who think they are too good for this game.
In short: This page contains 30 copy-paste ready prompts, organized into 5 categories with a description and pro tip for each. The first 5 prompts are free instantly, no signup needed. Hand-curated and tested by the AI Academy team.
Easy (Kids & Family)
6 promptsBrushing Teeth
1/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor brushing your teeth, a daily routine kids recognize in about two seconds. Hand it to the youngest player first so they get an early win.
brushing your teeth
Pro tip: Exaggerate the foam — puff your cheeks and pretend to spit. Kids guess faster from the spit than the brushing.
Elephant
2/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor elephant, one arm as a trunk and the room gets it. Use it as training wheels, then move on to animals with a less obvious tell.
elephant
Pro tip: Add the ears with your free hand and do a slow heavy walk — the walk sells it more than the trunk.
Birthday Party
3/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor blowing out birthday candles, a blow plus a cake shape. Give it to kids who are ready for two-part mimes, then let them add the wish if they want.
blowing out birthday candles
Pro tip: Hold up fingers for the candle count first, then blow them down one by one.
Superhero
4/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor superhero flying, one fist forward and a cape in imaginary wind. Save it for a kid who likes to perform, then start the timer before the pose finishes.
superhero flying
Pro tip: Mime tying the cape first — the costume beat makes it "superhero" instead of just "airplane."
Making Pizza
5/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor making a pizza, dough tossed overhead and toppings sprinkled as a second clue. Use it as easy-medium, then let slower guessers wait for the sprinkle.
making a pizza
Pro tip: The dough toss is the money move — do it three times, bigger each time.
Penguin
6/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor penguin, a waddle that is hard to misread and easy to overact. Play it as a palate cleanser, then enjoy the laugh before a harder card.
penguin
Pro tip: Keep your arms pinned straight at your sides — the stiff arms matter more than the walk.
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Movies & TV
6 promptsTitanic
7/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor Titanic, the famous bow pose that still gets guessed as flying first. Hold the pose, then wait out the flying guesses before you add the ship.
Titanic
Pro tip: Mime the sinking after the bow pose: tilt slowly sideways and slide under. The combo locks it in.
Jaws
8/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor Jaws, a fin on the head and a slow approach that is the whole clue. Milk the suspense, then move closer until someone says the title.
Jaws
Pro tip: Hum nothing (no sounds allowed) but mime the two-note theme on an invisible cello; movie fans will scream it.
Harry Potter
9/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor Harry Potter, glasses, a lightning-bolt forehead, and a wand flick. Stack the three gestures fast, even if nobody in the room has read a page.
Harry Potter
Pro tip: Do the gestures in that exact order; the forehead zigzag is the one that triggers the guess.
Spider-Man
10/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor Spider-Man, the web-shooting wrist flick everyone already knows. Do the flick, then laugh when the room does it back at you.
Spider-Man
Pro tip: Crawl one hand up an invisible wall first, then shoot the web — wall first prevents "cowboy" guesses.
Frozen
11/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor Frozen, a shiver then the let-it-go arm sweep. Use it in a house with kids, then stop as soon as the title lands.
Frozen
Pro tip: Build an invisible snowman halfway through if the room stalls — it is the second-most famous clue in the movie.
Stranger Things
12/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor Stranger Things, Christmas lights on a wall and pointing at letters. Try it when you want to see how much TV the group shares, then switch cards if blank faces stay blank.
Stranger Things
Pro tip: Hold up fingers for four words first, then mime riding a bike — the bike plus the lights narrows it fast.
Hard Mode
6 promptsProcrastination
13/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor procrastination, an abstract with no object, best done as start-then-abandon. Commit to the abandoned tasks, then stop gesturing at invisible desks if nobody is close.
procrastination
Pro tip: Mime opening a book, checking your phone, opening the book, checking your phone. The loop IS the word.
Deja Vu
14/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor deja vu, the same short scene twice with a confused look the second time. Perform it identically, then accept the chaos if the copy falls apart.
deja vu
Pro tip: Keep the repeated scene tiny — three moves max — so the repetition is unmissable.
Photosynthesis
15/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor photosynthesis, a science word you have to break into sun, plant, and growth. Mime being a leaf if you have to, then let the room enjoy that more than a fast guess.
photosynthesis
Pro tip: Break it into syllables only as a last resort — act the concept first: point at the sun, then grow from a seed.
Inflation
16/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor inflation, a word that looks like a balloon until you get to money. Start with prices, not air, then switch tactics if they stay on balloons.
inflation
Pro tip: Blow up the balloon, then mime paying for groceries with increasing horror. The pivot is the clue.
Wifi Going Down
17/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor the wifi going out during a video call, talk, freeze, then frantic router-checking. Hold the freeze longer than feels polite, then go for the router.
the wifi going out during a video call
Pro tip: The freeze is everything: stop mid-word with your mouth open and hold for five full seconds.
Monday Morning
18/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor Monday morning, a vibe built from alarm-slapping, zombie-shuffling, and coffee. Chain those beats until the room feels it, then stop when someone names the day.
Monday morning
Pro tip: Mime hitting snooze three separate times. Repetition reads as "morning"; the despair reads as "Monday."
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Funny Adult-Party (Clean)
6 promptsParallel Parking
19/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor failing to parallel park, the shoulder check and endless wheel-cranking. Lean into the fail, then take the laugh when they say parking, not driving.
failing to parallel park
Pro tip: Get out, look at the gap, get back in, and try again. The walk-around is the punchline.
Forgotten Name
20/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor forgetting someone's name while introducing them, the dying smile and the panic. Play the social horror, then wait for the room that has lived it.
forgetting someone's name while introducing them
Pro tip: The fading handshake gesture plus a long pained pause does more than any elaborate mime.
Self-Checkout Rage
21/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor arguing with a self-checkout machine, scanning the same item with rising fury. Repeat the scan, then escalate until someone names the machine.
arguing with a self-checkout machine
Pro tip: Mime the "unexpected item in bagging area" moment: look around for staff, then scan again, angrier.
Group Photo
22/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor taking a group photo where someone always blinks, photographer and disappointed reviewer in one body. Direct the invisible group, check the screen, sigh, then reposition.
taking a group photo where someone always blinks
Pro tip: The repeated "everyone back in position" wave is the readable part; do it at least three times.
Sock Static
23/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor pulling a sock out of the laundry and losing the other one, a search through cushions and the dryer. Turn it into a detective bit, then keep it clean and domestic.
pulling a sock out of the laundry and losing the other one
Pro tip: Hold up the single sock and stare at it in betrayal before you start searching. The stare gets the laugh.
Diet Resolution
24/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor starting a diet and quitting it the same day, salad virtue then a guilty pivot to cake. Play both acts, then let the hams stretch it into a full scene.
starting a diet and quitting it the same day
Pro tip: Check an imaginary watch between the salad and the cake — the "same day" detail is what people guess last.
Actions & Animals
6 promptsSloth
25/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor sloth, a whole turn at quarter speed that is harder to hold than it sounds. Stay slow the entire time, then let the slowness be the clue.
sloth
Pro tip: Move slower than feels reasonable, then slow down again. The guess comes when you take ten seconds to raise one arm.
Crab Walk
26/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor crab, pincer hands and a sideways scuttle. Commit to the scuttle across the room, then stop when they say crab, not spider.
crab
Pro tip: Snap the pincers at a guesser who gets close — interaction speeds up the right answer.
Milking a Cow
27/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor milking a cow, alternating hand squeezes and a stool sit. Use the old-school mime, then enjoy younger players who have never seen it.
milking a cow
Pro tip: Sit on the invisible stool first. Without the stool it reads as something much harder to explain.
Kangaroo
28/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor kangaroo with a baby in its pouch, a hop plus a check on the invisible joey. Add the pouch glance mid-bounce, then wait for baby to show up in the guess.
kangaroo with a baby in its pouch
Pro tip: Hop first, get "kangaroo," then point at your stomach and cradle — the baby is a separate clue.
Tightrope Walker
29/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor walking a tightrope, one foot in front of the other, arms out, and a wobble. Sell the wobble, then recover so they see a rope, not a drunk walk.
walking a tightrope
Pro tip: Look down once with theatrical horror — the look down says "height," and height says tightrope.
Bee Attack
30/30✨ What it does
This prompt gives the actor being chased by a bee, flailing, swatting, and a small circle run. Use it as a last-round card, then sit down before you run out of air.
being chased by a bee
Pro tip: Track the invisible bee with your eyes the whole time. Eye-tracking is what turns flailing into a bee.
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